Building the Nexus: The Sounds of Azmodunk

Check out how the Blizzard sound team created the sounds for the legendary Azmodunk skin!
Arriving in the shop on April 12, the Legendary Azmodunk skin sports a highlight reel consisting of custom animations, voice-over lines, unique ability effects, and a brand new Azmodunk Banner mount!
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[@Mythricia1988]

Sound designers..... A very special kind of designer. We like you.

[@rarirouyai]

+Mythricia Nope, we like Ike.

[@PNaT]

Yes! More of these "Building the Nexus" please!

[@koboldhosamen1620]

I honestly wouldn't mind if they uploaded a two hour video that was just this.

[@FelipeFernandesLeandro]

Congratz, blizzard. So much work to do only one skin. Thats why I love you guys!

[@phugindomas]

that's a normal amount of work. They wouldn't be doing their job if they didn't do this.

[@MarkerInTheSand]

+Like Literally I doubt most skins, or even most characters, get that amount of effort and attention to detail put into them. There's a reason why they made a video to showcase this one.

[@projecta3halkida]

I'd love to see this a series in the future.... Can't wait to see how they are going to make KT's sound effects >:D

[@smoothman8007]

lol hahaha :D

[@marvellousmarvin1880]

+projecta3halkida Hopefully they won't spread the bombs/fire >:D

[@projecta3halkida]

+MarvellousMarvin >:3

[@Otakahunt]

+projecta3halkida yup, i hope Kel'Thuzad comes soon... hes the coolest looking boss in warcraft! :D And he was a hero in WC3 multiplayer.

[@projecta3halkida]

+Otakahunt probably around this summer I hope as well. He's going to be awesome! >:D

[@cristyp.516]

now i know why some skins cost so much $$$

[@clawhammr666]

+Cristy P. Cause blizzard are greedy if you haven't gotten that from wow, well also for me since pretty much gotta play with friends otherwise nearly as fun, so with that and pricey heroes. Great video by the way, always fun to see some behind the scenes.

[@user-gn5kj1lg4s]

+Cristy P. YEA

[@chrisp174]

+clawhammr666 Yeah you clearly have 0 grasp on economics 101

[@Krabbo7]

+Chris P lol what?

[@MerlinsJester]

+clawhammr666 Dude how tf do these guys get paid for all this work if not via the pricing of the skin they did the work on? I find it amazingly ironic that you'd be impressed by the work, but complain about the speculative value of the results of said work.

[@pocketheart1450]

Now we need Li-Ming with a bowling ball. Every time I kill someone with the orb I pretend I hear pins getting knocked down and I call playing as her "gone bowling".

[@RachelSchell]

+Pocket Heart yes!

[@D0omscream]

+Pocket Heart I am oddly intrigued by this concept!

[@igreh1337]

+Pocket Heart everyone know you can't go bowling without your cousin. So unless there's a serbian-thug outfit for Jaina I doubt this will work.

[@Sun2ni]

+Veniks Muradin's Haymaker does bowling sounds, so who's the real bowler?

[@RongDirection]

+Pocket Heart Bowli-ming ?

[@ScorchHellfire]

"Doom-shaka-laka..."

[@Alexfroggg]

Really interesting, I love hearing about what goes on behind the scenes, more please! :D

[@Hoshi9Zoe]

please please please give the sound team a high five for that brilliant work!

[@Estraneo]

Love these videos

[@Chuck4230]

I would LOVE to see more behind the scenes stuff like this. I love it how much time you guys spend on these small details. That is the reason why you always deliver a quality product every single time.

[@AndrewLaPrade]

Sound design- one of the strangest jobs. Loving this series!

[@kanua5]

+Andrew LaPrade Yeah, it almost seems like the video was meant to be a mockumentary, but then you quickly learn that these guys are just very passionate about their work.

[@RojoIsraelico]

I looooove the way blizzard take care of the little details

[@VoodooMansion]

The making of Nova's death sounds, next?

[@Pakkens_Backyard]

How about Misha breathing sounds lol

[@VoodooMansion]

***** lol that would be hilarious

[@VoodooMansion]

***** that's a cool site! Also I see a lot of sound clips from the character's intro responses that involve heroes that are not currently in game. Like Illidan has an intro response for Maiev and Kil'Jaeden. Does that mean those characters will be in the game soon?

[@Pakkens_Backyard]

NightEye I think it's more "in the far future" - i.e. Soon(tm)

[@MonsoonT]

Since HotS doesn't have physical copy or collector's edition, I for one welcome this kind of behind-the-scene series!

[@PhantomV13]

YES, you did another BtN! Hope you'll show more stuff from how you guys work in the future, it's interesting and rather heartwarming. Also helps appreciate how passionate and meticulous you are. What would make this twice as perfect would be seeing the voice actor performing Azmo's new lines, but this is another thing I guess. This skin has taken a lot of work, you saw many ask for it, you came to want it yourselves, and a bunch of people got to work to make sure it looks, sounds, feels as good as possible. Awesome! Don't stop reminding us how hard you work on that, make at least one of those per month, whether it's for sound design, voice acting, animation or whatever.

[@wilrees5608]

Great to see how passionate these guys are about their work!

[@MazeFrame]

To appreciate the great work the sound team is doing, turn of the sounds in a replay. Then turn them back on. Real games have great sound! Please more of this.

[@TheZardark]

Next can we get the sound of Tracer's butt ?

[@darkcultist3899]

we can after seeing nostalrius back

[@fundemort]

+TheZardark twerk butt sound

[@samuelwhipple875]

BRAAPP

[@_argent]

I wouldn't mind seeing more videos like this. I know there is a lot of work going into each game, but without reminders like this, I often how forget how much it actually is.

[@GusMashensic]

I love their enthusiasm for something that the rest of the world takes for granted. More behind the scenes stuff please!

[@thunderborn3231]

well since noone else did...CMON AND SLAM, AND WELCOME TO THE JAM

[@badgermcwaffles4834]

Can't believe the effort put into the sound for this character xD that's awesome. He's not my style of play but that's totally awesome

[@Iniesta970]

Haha amazing would love to do this kind of work! Why the dislikes? This is awesome!

[@tiagoandrade7279]

true

[@projecta3halkida]

There are always people who dislike for now reason...and there's a lot of them D:

[@projecta3halkida]

+projecta3halkida *for no reason

[@philiptran5187]

There's only 41 dislikes...

[@RubberFacee]

C'mon and Slam!

[@archemyre7833]

+Dr.RubberFace And welcome to the Jam!

[@bored4428]

Devs "Hey, can we rent out this locker room?" "Sure! Gonna play some basketball?" Devs "Nah, we just need to record locker room noises."

[@MrTeaboar]

I wish these were still a thing. The sound design behind the scenes videos. I would even give money to watch them.

[@JoseSoulitario]

I really hope you guys do more Building the Nexus videos. It's really cool and interesting.

[@julieannono8967]

I hope this becomes a series in the future whenever a skin is coming out XD I love it plz more :)

[@Masilya111]

Pedro is so cool

[@rotoregradientedivergenza9952]

We need more of this

[@SeroGore]

wow that's some dedication in one skin! I love it!

[@nix207]

I love these Building the Nexus videos and was slightly disappointed there were so few about the voice actors. I was hoping to see every hero's voice at least once. Still, very happy to see the work that goes into making the sounds for a character.

[@confusedashell020]

Still think that a possessed gazlowe would rock. instead of machine a big ole demon hovering over him and he summons lava pits(D3 Succubus?) that shoot lava balls. IDK about lazer but maybe a shadow dmg looking attack that changes based on tint?His E would be weird... meteor impact or something?

[@seanmiller6357]

Sound teams are quite entertaining to watch, all the random stuff they do just to get the sounds.

[@MrTeaboar]

I'm not saying that you should make a behind the scenes of Heroes, but I would love it.

[@FatedMusic]

You guys are amazing. :) Keep up the great work!

[@yougotganked]

hardly play HOTS but pretty cool to see what actualy goes into the progress to make this

[@RachelSchell]

That was awesome! What a great job those guys have!

[@Domtasy]

That's why i love Blizzard!

[@passiveedits]

More on sound design! This is amazing.

[@edwardness7497]

One of the reasons it's a legendary skin

[@Jokirockers5]

More of these please :D

[@Nostravinci]

Simply brilliant work!

[@RedFatDragon]

Resurrect Hero Videos! Please, Blizzard! PLEASE!

[@yifanjin2714]

I didn't want the Azmodunk skin, but this make me really feel how Blizzard make it epically

[@WTiiWarcraft]

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

[@MrBaris115]

hey love your videos

[@Raphtyr]

Super interesting! More of this please.

[@LFPGaming]

*That dude's mousepad is a carpet... how awesome is that*

[@smoothman8007]

i want that

[@Cherryflavoredgrape]

+Smoothman I have one, they're great. Just google mouserug and it will take you to the website that sells them.

[@smoothman8007]

Cherryflavoredgrape cool thank you :), hoping its not a Virus :P

[@Deiicide]

This is awesome. Please more!

[@armandomontero2423]

Yes Please! Keep making this videos! We need a Video about how to make Greymane Gilnean Cocktail Sound. because is one of the best sound in game, after Sonya Leap

[@MeesterGgaming]

how can you dislike this.. its awsome lol

[@BertusBeerput]

Awesome video, great stuff guys! I'd love to see more of these in the future, maybe from other departments?

[@AtosSaint]

Please do more of these!

[@Firebourn94]

I know it's generic, but it would be so cool if they could incorporate the old NBA jam voice over when Azmodan throws or hits with his dunk "from downtown...he's on fire...Boomshakalaka"

[@Isuki666]

Nice Job guys, i love you Blizzard :3

[@handsomecaveman]

They listened!!

[@ReinaDCD]

So cool and passionate. This is great!

[@JerekDain]

Very cool, more of this please!

[@cart1089]

I wish I enjoyed my job half as much as this guy

[@MrNinjaRope]

The foley is awesome to HEAR

[@Lightningballz]

Dream job.

[@TheNamelessFoe]

Yes, more of these videos

[@tree3302]

Very interesting. Please make more.

[@TheExiledWarlord]

this is suprisingly very cool and entertaining

[@wtrflsh]

cant wait for them to create more skins like this!

[@Milennin]

I want to know more about the sound of Li Ming's Arcane Orb explosion. Best sound in the game. :)

[@CarstenB711]

So cool and so insane!

[@sebastianrysjo6699]

that dunk doe!

[@MegaNardman]

This was really cool!

[@KromeDragon]

Reminds me of that video I saw with them making the gore sounds for mortal kombat.

[@andreaefferao]

please more sound design videos!

[@tonitolic2078]

MOAR please!

[@blantant]

Not sure if those guys realize they have one of the coolest/best jobs in the world.

[@sorenlily2280]

MOAR!

[@microzett964]

More dev videos PLEASE!

[@davidvelich15]

This is so cool!

[@kaczan3]

I think I've picked a wrong line of work.

[@MJDHX]

That's a cool job.

[@Kongolox]

CANT WAIT!!!

[@GameTwoLive]

interesting.... no really , because azmodunk was at my mind the first time I played azmodan , really funny how things turned out

[@blakeleeper624]

so freaking cool

[@uraharagreenhat]

Great job!

[@Andreazor]

Does anyone else think that Pedro Seminario looks like a young John Leguizamo?

[@SyntheticaYT]

And this is why a skin like Azmodunk costs more than a simple recolour.

[@Clownboytoostrange]

they should of got shack or michael jordan to do the dunk and hit the back bord that be so tight

[@Mene0]

Pretty interesting!

[@RampageSinMinas]

0:45 ask carbot bro...

[@gerynyan]

Okay guys, prepare your wallets, this is an expensive one.

[@JulienRoyCode]

Nice job

[@Keulenas]

I guess now I know why Blizzard is so slow making new content :D That's sure quality over quantity stuff going on.

[@Gustavo-vt7jl]

sure about what you're saying? in the beggining they released like 3 heroes a month

[@resinated666]

Made by blizzard after azmo got the azmodunk nickname by players. ill buy it.

[@FrankenstejnRainbowSixSiege]

I want this job in my life :-D

[@khalito]

awesome!

[@d0ublex35]

It's such a weird but funny skin😁

[@hikabin]

More of this vids blizzard

[@Krosect]

2:15 that poor ball

[@darthnorvak9407]

please more!!!

[@emxcxc]

awesome